TY - JOUR T1 - An educational initiative to improve the team-based care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00093-2017 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 00093-2017 AU - Evans R. Fernández Pérez AU - Pearlanne Zelarney AU - Shirley Thomas AU - Deborah A. Shoop AU - Jessica L. Munson AU - Kelsey D. Johnson AU - Matthew E. Stern AU - Sarah Meadows Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/1/00093-2017.abstract N2 - The management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is complex, as is the process of implementing and assessing a set of quality indicators representing best care practices in IPF by an interstitial lung disease (ILD) programme [1, 2]. To date, there is limited literature documenting the importance of IPF interventions to improve coordination of care, patient engagement in health literacy and education, and understanding what is important to patients [3–8]. In 2015, National Jewish Health (NJH) engaged our ILD division healthcare professionals (10 physicians, 4 nurses, 2 medical assistants, 1 physician assistant) and our professional education and biostatistics teams to design and implement a project aimed at measuring key quality indicators and how they may impact clinical practice and IPF patient perception of care.A successful initiative to improve best care practice in IPF supported by electronic medical record changes http://ow.ly/ORxi30hBEmyThe authors are grateful for the support provided by the interstitial lung disease team at National Jewish Health. ER -